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US, India and China Most Targeted in DDoS Attacks, StormWall Q1 2023 Report
DDoS attacks have surged by 47% in Q1 2023, according to a StormWall report.
April 12, 2023
New Android Botnet Nexus Being Rented Out on Russian Hacker Forum
Nexus contains a module equipped with encryption capabilities which point towards ransomware.
March 23, 2023
Google Disruption Fails to Stop Glupteba Botnet
In December 2021, Google announced it had disrupted the Glupteba botnet and filed a lawsuit against two of its Russian operators, but it turns out the botnet is back and kicking.
December 20, 2022
A Syntax Error Led to Crashing of KmsdBot Cryptomining Botnet
The KmsdBot was known for targeting both Linux and Windows devices.
December 1, 2022
Mirai botnet resurfaces with MooBot variant to target D-Link devices
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers have reported the emergence of a new Mirai botnet variant dubbed MooBot. This variant…
September 7, 2022
Google Fended Off Largest Ever Layer 7 DDoS Attack
According to Google, the geographic distribution of the DDoS attack suggests that it might have been launched through…
August 19, 2022
Tiny Mantis Botnet Can Launch More Powerful DDoS Attacks Than Mirai
Mantis Botnet launched 3,000 DDoS attacks in one month using only 5,000 small bots after which Cloudflare dubbed…
July 16, 2022
Feds Dismantle Russian Rsocks Botnet Powered by Millions of IoT Devices
The hackers behind Rsocks botnet used the hacked IoT devices as proxy servers where its customers would pay…
June 20, 2022
New MaliBot Android Malware Found Stealing Personal, Banking Data
MaliBot Android Malware is also capable of bypassing 2FA (Two-factor authentication). F5 Labs researchers have discovered a new Android…
June 17, 2022
Cloudflare Successfully Thwarted One of The Largest DDoS Attacks
Cloudflare explained that it wasn’t the largest application-layer attack but the largest ever noted in the HTTPS category.
May 5, 2022